Home-made attachments...

ovrszd · Jan 30, 2014

Texas John said:
ovrszd,
thanks for the reply. And yes I enjoyed the dig to Aaron.
Keep warm. Spring is not that far away.
John

John, us Northerners won't even say the word "spring" for another month. We're very dry up here, been below normal temps and the wind has blown almost every day for the last 60 days.

Gordon Gould · Jan 30, 2014

ovrszd said:
John, us Northerners won't even say the word "spring" for another month.

Well, I'll be. I knew you guys talked different but I didn't know you had a different map too

Xfaxman · Jan 30, 2014

Texas John said:
ovrszd,
thanks for the reply. And yes I enjoyed the dig to Aaron.
Keep warm. Spring is not that far away.
John

Kioti Tom · Jan 30, 2014

Better wait until Sunday and find out what Phil has to say. Feb. 2nd.

kebo · Jan 30, 2014

Kioti Tom said:
Better wait until Sunday and find out what Phil has to say. Feb. 2nd.

Screw that overrated rodent!!! If he says 6 more weeks of winter, I say choot 'em, choot 'em!!!!

Gordon Gould · Jan 31, 2014

Up here the thinking is that on Feb 1st you better have half your hay and half your wood left because winter is only half over. Sometimes i'm jealous about you guys that might have spring in six weeks on the say of a ground hog.

lockhaven · Jan 31, 2014

the ground hog is an over rated celebrity and a fake like all celibs. :groundhog:

Baby Grand · Jan 31, 2014

lockhaven said:
the ground hog is an over rated celebrity and a fake like all celibs. :groundhog:

Plus he'll make a mess of your vegetable garden in a heartbeat.
The Plant Manager runs after them with her pellet gun whenever she sees one.
They can move surprisingly fast when they have a notion to do so.

I'm not so sick of Winter that I'm in the mood for unremitting mud just yet.

Jw5875 · Jan 31, 2014

lockhaven said:
the ground hog is an over rated celebrity and a fake like all celibs. :groundhog:

Ya, he's only 40 + mile from me, I think this is his brother I got!!!!!!!

deranged · Jan 31, 2014

Jw5875 said:
Ya, he's only 40 + mile from me, I think this is his brother I got!!!!!!!

Yeeehaww you got that there vermin.... I learned the hard way that lake surfaces refract light and it messes with your aim trying to get one like that many moons ago. Wait I'm supposed to be talking about home made attachments.... Does my cup holder zip tied to the ROPS count?

madmax12 · Jan 31, 2014

deranged said:
Yeeehaww you got that there vermin.... I learned the hard way that lake surfaces refract light and it messes with your aim trying to get one like that many moons ago. Wait I'm supposed to be talking about home made attachments.... Does my cup holder zip tied to the ROPS count?

Zip tie?

Boy, if Red Green could hear you now.

DUCT TAPE, man!

Duct

Tape

ferrari99 · Feb 2, 2014

They say you only need two things to fix anything duct tape and WD-40
"if it is moving and it shouldn't be use duct tape if it isn't moving and it should be use WD-40"

madmax12 · Feb 2, 2014

ferrari99 said:
They say you only need two things to fix anything duct tape and WD-40
"if it is moving and it shouldn't be use duct tape if it isn't moving and it should be use WD-40"
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:thumbsup:

ovrszd · Feb 2, 2014

ferrari99 said:
They say you only need two things to fix anything duct tape and WD-40
"if it is moving and it shouldn't be use duct tape if it isn't moving and it should be use WD-40"
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Looks like a Dana 30 rear axle under a Jeep Cherokee or Grand Cherokee to me???

Daver1963 · Feb 2, 2014

ferrari99 said:
They say you only need two things to fix anything duct tape and WD-40
"if it is moving and it shouldn't be use duct tape if it isn't moving and it should be use WD-40"
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Actually, there are four things. The other two:
1. JB Weld for things that are leaking that shouldn't
2. Baling wire for stuff that needs to move a little, but not too much.

rasorbackq · Feb 4, 2014

Just finished up a rock bucket Hope the frost is gone soon.

ishiboo · Feb 4, 2014

Clever rock bucket design, makes it possible to build one without expensive plasmas/etc. and just a simple bender! I might try that this year, how much solid rod did you end up using?

rasorbackq · Feb 4, 2014

ishiboo said:
Clever rock bucket design, makes it possible to build one without expensive plasmas/etc. and just a simple bender! I might try that this year, how much solid rod did you end up using?

I bought 5 20' pieces and have 8 'left over. $45 ea Spacing is about 2" Used 1" hot rolled (I think it was hot rolled . The cheaper of the 2, hot or cold rolled) Bought the skid steer plate for $100. Used 2x 4 tube for framework and 3/8 plate for the sides. I tacked it all together nd had a welder get it solid as I doesn't have a big enough welder.
Whole thing was $550.
Each of the bars took close to 200 pumps on the manual hydraulic bender.
The welder suggested a last piece welded under the front plate on the bottom for more support.
Last thing the bucket front is 2 pieces a 4" wide and a 1" wide to form a lip

Gordon Gould · Feb 5, 2014

rasorbackq said:
Just finished up a rock bucket Hope the frost is gone soon.

Nice job. Clever. Post some pictures in the spring of it in action please.

stuckmotor · Feb 5, 2014

Gordon Gould said:
Up here the thinking is that on Feb 1st you better have half your hay and half your wood left because winter is only half over. Sometimes i'm jealous about you guys that might have spring in six weeks on the say of a ground hog.

If I have enough hay to get through March, I'm usually OK till around November.